Three decades connecting biology, computation and R&D leadership.

1. 2022 – 2026

   Independent Consultant, Pharmaceutical Research

   Self-employed · Philadelphia, PA

   • Advised pharmaceutical and life-science organizations on computational biology, bioinformatics and research informatics.
   • Applied AI and machine-learning methods to research problems, assessing where computational output was reliable and where domain review was required.
   • Developed a business plan for a start-up biotechnology company and supported its grant writing, funding strategy and research direction.
   • Performed portfolio analysis for drug-discovery companies and biotechnology start-ups.
2. 2006 – 2022

   President & Founder

   B-Tech Consulting, Ltd., d/b/a Chemalytics · Philadelphia, PA

   • Founded and led a company developing cloud-based algorithms and software for computational biology, chemistry and drug-discovery innovation, owning scientific direction, software architecture and business strategy across a 16-year run.
   • Wrote grant proposals that secured significant NIH funding for algorithm and platform development, including NIGMS Phase I and Phase II SBIR awards for the Chemalytics cloud virtual-screening platform.
   • Collaborated with pharmaceutical companies and academic research groups on cancer, HIV and antimicrobial drug-discovery programs.
   • Built the scientific software stack end to end (data models, algorithm implementation, cloud delivery) and defined the data standards and validation criteria behind it.
3. 2003 – 2005

   Vice President, Global R&D Information Systems

   Schering Geigy

   • Held global responsibility for bioinformatics, computational biology, and technical and scientific support for R&D worldwide.
   • Directed scientific computing strategy across geographically distributed research sites, aligning platform investment with discovery priorities.
   • Bridged senior scientific leadership and technical teams, translating research needs into systems and standards.
4. 2000 – 2003

   Director, Head of Bioinformatics

   Sanofi

   • Led the bioinformatics function, directing computational analysis in support of discovery research programs.
   • Built and managed the scientific computing capability underpinning genomics and target research.
5. 1995 – 2000

   Head of Bioinformatics, US

   Warner Lambert

   • Established the computational biology capability supporting pharmaceutical discovery research.
   • Applied sequence analysis, genomics and computational methods to target identification and characterization.
6. 1993 – 1995

   Research Fellow, Bioinformatics

   National Institutes of Health

   • Developed and applied computational approaches to molecular biological data.
7. 1991 – 1993

   Postdoctoral Researcher

   DuPont

   • Conducted research in molecular genetics and computational analysis of experimental biological data.

Award details from NIH RePORTER. Project period 2011–2017.